Coast Guard Helping Stuck Ship Back into Shipping Channel

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Coast Guard crews are working to get a freighter ship unstuck after it lost power and ran aground near the central span of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
The bridge was shut down in both directions this morning as a precaution, snarling rush hour traffic.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the freighter lost power after passing through the central span of the bridge. The pilot of the vessel ran it into a sandbar so it wouldn’t drift near the bridge.
Fox showed Coast Guard tugboats circling the freighter. The most recent view showed them helping the ship back into the deeper waters of the shipping channel.
Source: fox